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VINCENT ALLEN CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1943 – August 27, 1968
Service recordVincent Allen Clark, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 38
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 38
- EARL JEROME BLUNKALLCorporal · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- PETER FRANK COMACHO JRLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 37
- WASHINGTON L JAMESSergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.